American Deaf Community
Hard of hearing
Deaf
Environment
Similarities
Deaf people cannot hear many sound
Deaf children and adults in the 1800s were typically isolated
Can hear many founds but not all sounds
Most children are deaf due to illnesses during pregnancy's
Semi-mute was used to describe deaf people who were born hearing but lost their hearing during infancy
Many deaf and hearing people prefer a more respectful term as deaf or hard of hearing
Many children lost their hearing to common diseases
They usually had good speech
Diseases whooping cough and scarlet fever
Through manufacturing progress employers found deaf people to be very capable
Currently the accepted phrases are deaf and heard of hearing
The deaf wouldn't go to school and stayed on farms throughout their lives
As manufacturing progressed there were better opportunities and more jobs available for them
The would move to cities were there was better opportunities and were they knew they were better off
There a community of the deaf which is those who consider themselves deaf and are accepted by the community
Throughout the years the evaluation of deaf clubs have progresses
In the deaf community, it was said that hearing loss was not important fact or meaning maybe everyone was able to be part of it
Hard of hearing were also considered into the deaf community
Deaf people also had their share of sub communities groups